Baker Hughes
Provides innovative solutions for energy, industrial, and infrastructure sectors globally.
Lead Sourcing Specialist -Supplier Quality Assurance (Machining)
Lead supplier QA for machining, driving audits, improvements and compliance.
Job Highlights
About the Role
The Lead Sourcing Specialist – Supplier Quality Assurance will join the India Sourcing Quality Team of an innovative energy technology company, driving supplier quality through audits, scorecards, and continuous improvement to build a sustainable supply chain. Key duties include performing supplier quality assurance for the machining category, improving performance from initial qualification to serial production, onboarding new suppliers, mitigating risks with quality tools, leading root‑cause analyses, and conducting comprehensive audits of processes, products, and quality systems. The role also serves as a quality expert for manufacturing and engineering teams, mentors suppliers to meet on‑time and compliant delivery, tracks critical metrics such as quality, delivery, cost of quality, and RCA effectiveness, and fosters stakeholder relationships to support engineering changes and new product introductions. • Perform Supplier Quality Assurance for Machining category aligned with India regional growth. • Improve Supplier Quality Performance for Machining from FPQ to serial production. • Onboard new suppliers, recommend improvements via scorecards, ensure compliance. • Apply quality tools to identify risks and create mitigation plans. • Lead root cause analysis using DMAIC/APOLLO RCA. • Conduct process, product, and quality system audits. • Provide expertise to improve supplier quality and manufacturing processes. • Mentor suppliers to deliver compliant on‑time products. • Manage key metrics: quality, delivery, cost of quality, RCA effectiveness. • Build stakeholder relationships to implement engineering changes and NPIs.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸supplier qa
- ▸root cause
- ▸quality audits
- ▸risk mitigation
- ▸metrics tracking
- ▸stakeholder relations
What You Bring
Ideal candidates possess a Mechanical Engineering degree with over eight years of experience in quality, manufacturing, or vendor functions, deep knowledge of machining, casting, forging and rotating equipment, expertise in international standards and GD&T, strong communication, Green/Black Belt credentials, and the ability to travel while adhering to Indian EHS regulations. • Mechanical engineering graduate with 8+ years in quality, manufacturing, or vendor roles. • Deep knowledge of machining, special processes, casting, and forging. • Experience with rotating equipment. • Willingness to travel domestically and internationally; strong EHS knowledge of Indian regulations. • Expertise in international standards (ASTM, PED, IEC, ANSI, CE, CSA, UL, DIN). • Proficient in GD&T, manufacturing process plans, and FMEA. • Excellent written and verbal communication. • Green Belt or Black Belt certification (preferred). • Ability to design inspection/measurement systems per specifications. • Strong project management, collaboration, decision‑making, and multitasking skills.
Requirements
- ▸mechanical eng
- ▸8+ years
- ▸machining
- ▸gd&t
- ▸green belt
- ▸international standards
Benefits
Baker Hughes offers flexible working hours, work‑life balance policies, wellbeing activities, comprehensive private medical care, life‑insurance and disability programs, tailored financial benefits, and a diverse, inclusive culture that values innovation and employee growth. • Flexible working hours to suit personal productivity. • Contemporary work‑life balance policies and wellbeing activities. • Comprehensive private medical care options. • Life insurance and disability safety net. • Tailored financial programs and additional voluntary benefits.
Work Environment
Onsite